Please pick up your child
Monday, November 22nd, 2004 Dad reports:
Tommy got sent home from school again today. When asked what was going on we discover he has finished all of his work early and is causing problems. This doesn’t sound like Tommy’s problem. It sounds like the school’s problem. I’m sorry but if the child finishes his work that quickly give them something to do. “Idle hands make the Devil’s playthings.”
This evening Tommy was asked to clean his room. His answer: put all clothes clean and dirty into the laundry. He even put new, unworn clothing with the tags still on in the laundry (which technically should probably be washed before the first wearing anyway..but who really does that?). It’s no wonder my wife can’t get ahead on the laundry. His 11 year old sister uses the same approach and his 8 year old brother goes through 3 outfits a day.